New Redhouse Arts Center Artistic Director Hunter Foster Announces His Inaugural 2019-20 Season
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PO Box 603, Syracuse, NY, 13201
(315) 362.2785
www.theredhouse.org
New Redhouse Arts Center Artistic Director Hunter Foster
Announces His Inaugural 2019-20 Season
Redhouse Artistic Director, Hunter Foster, is pleased to announce is inaugural, 2019-20
Main Stage Season featuring several Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning
productions, packed with heart, humanity, and humor, and sure to delight audiences of
all ages. The theme of the season will be "the exploration of family and how its different
forms navigate the spectrum of the American experience." Hunter Foster, who was
named '2018 Director of the Year' by the Wall Street Journal, will oversee all aspects of
the entire season including, budgeting, casting, directing and more. Redhouse
audiences will be treated to a much more immersive theatre experience as Foster plans
to utilize the theaters to create different audience configurations including a "thrust
space" and "theatre in the round."
Redhouse will kick off 2019 with Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical
Rent, which will run from September 19-29, 2019. Set in the East Village of New York
City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the
Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop
culture phenomenon. With songs that rock and a story the resonates with audiences of
all ages.
Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's Rent follows a year in the
life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and
create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and
emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom and
Angel. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts
provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical. This is theatre at its best -
exuberant, passionate and joyous.
Redhouse will follow up Rent with three-time Tony Award
winning play God of Carnage by Yesmina Reza, translated by
Christopher Hampton November 7-17, 2019. In its original
Broadway run, the cast featured: James Gandolfini, Hope Davis,
Marcia Gay Harden and Jeff Daniels. This 90-minute thrill ride
takes you into the most dangerous place on earth: parenthood.
An innocent squabble over playground incident between
eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn
parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic
niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, tensions
emerge and the gloves come off leaving the couples with a littlemore than just their dedicated principles in shreds. This comedic play will take
audiences on an entertaining journey with an all-out, fur-flying, hilarious brawl between
two couples.
It’s bound to be a merry Christmas as Redhouse brings to the stage a brand new
musical written just for Central NY, the world premier of A Syracuse Christmas Carol,
book by LJ Fecho and Music/Lyrics by Michael O’Flaherty. A Syracuse Christmas
Carol puts a new twist to the classic Charles Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge,
featuring many Syracuse landmarks and historical figures resurrected on stage. It’s a
fun filled show with songs, laughs and recognizable Syracuse icons from the past and
present. A Syracuse Christmas Carol will run December 12-22, 2019. Be the first to
see the show that was written especially for Syracuse!
The most famous love story of all time - and the most moving take of an ill-fated
romance ever told - Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet will come to life on the Redhouse
stage, February 13-23, 2020. This timeless tale is as story so well-known it needs no
introduction. Set in Verona where the rival houses of Capulet and Montague have had a
long-standing feud, Romeo & Juliet is Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of star-crossed
lovers, filled with all the passion of young love. Underscored by ingenious wit and
astonishing beauty, the play pits the bitterness of resentment against the intensity of
romance. Ultimately catastrophic choices and tragic twists proper them toward a final
confrontation with fate.
Redhouse will start looking for spring with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning
play Fences by August Wilson which will run March 26 - April 5, 2020. Fences is the
sixth chapter in August Wilson’s groundbreaking ten-play cycle of the African-American
experience in the 20th century. The play depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former
Negro League baseball player, thwarted in his dreams of a Major League career, who
struggles to provide for his family and break free from the boundaries imposed upon
him. But in 1957, his son Cory, an emerging football star, sees the world through very
different eyes, and his wife Rose yearns for an outlet for her love. With the intersection
of old prejudices and changing opportunities, Fences is a powerful drama filled with
passionate love and thundering rage, generous laughter and searing pain. Chances are
you will be challenged to leave the theatre with your emotions in tact with this powerful
play. Fences was most recently made into and Oscar nominated film starring Denzel
Washington and Viola Davis who took home the award for Best Supporting Actress.
Redhouse will conclude is 2019-20 Season with the Syracuse
Premier of the Broadway hit musical, Fun Home which will run
from May 28 - June 7, 2020. This Pulitzer Prize winning Drama
won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. When her father dies
unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to
tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose
temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving
between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood
playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home which brings to light
her growing understanding about her father’s hidden desires. Fun
Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing
your parents through grown-up eyes.2019-20 Season Subscriptions early bird discounts are on sale now. Regular price
subscriptions go on sale March 1, 2019 with single tickets on sale August 1, 2019.
Money saving subscriptions range from $199 - $240 with single tickets prices starting at
$35*. For questions or more information, call the Redhouse Arts Center Box Office at
(315) 362-2785. Audition information for MainStage, Education and Camps will be
released soon and will also soon be available online at www.theredhouse.org
REDHOUSE ARTS CENTER 2019-20 SEASON
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES
RENT
By Jonathan Larson
September 19-29, 2019
Thursday 9/19 @ 7pm Preview
Friday 9/20 @ 8pm Opening
Saturday 9/21 @ 2pm Matinee
Saturday 9/21 @ 8pm
Sunday 9/22 @ 2pm Matinee
Thursday 9/26 @ 7pm
Friday 9/27 @ 8pm
Saturday 9/28 @ 2pm Matinee
Saturday 9/28 @ 8pm
Sunday 9/29 @ 2pm Closing Matinee
God of Carnage
By Yasmina Reza
November 7-17, 2019
Thursday 11/7 @ 7pm Preview
Friday 11/8 @ 8pm Opening
Saturday 11/9 @ 2pm Matinee
Saturday 11/9 @ 8pm
Sunday 11/10 @ 2pm Matinee
Thursday 11/14 @ 7pm
Friday 11/15 @ 8pm
Saturday 11/16 @ 2pm Matinee
Saturday 11/16 @ 8pm
Sunday 11/17 @ 2pm Closing MatineeA Syracuse Christmas Carol Book by LJ Fecho, Music/Lyrics by Michael O’Flaherty December 12-22, 2019 Thursday 12/12 @ 7pm Preview Friday 12/13 @ 8pm Opening Saturday 12/14 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 12/14 @ 8pm Sunday 12/15 @ 2pm Matinee Thursday 12/19 @ 7pm Friday 12/20 @ 8pm Saturday 12/21 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 12/21 @ 8pm Sunday 12/22 @ 2pm Closing Matinee Romeo & Juliet By William Shakespeare February 13-23, 2020 Thursday 2/13 @ 7pm Preview Friday 2/14 @ 8pm Opening Saturday 2/15 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 2/15 @ 8pm Sunday 2/16 @ 2pm Matinee Thursday 2/20 @ 7pm Friday 2/21 @ 8pm Saturday 2/22 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 2/22 @ 8pm Sunday 2/23 @ 2pm Closing Matinee Fences By August Wilson March 26 - April 5, 2020 Thursday 3/26 @ 7pm Preview Friday 3/27 @ 8pm Opening Saturday 3/28 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 3/28 @ 8pm Sunday 3/29 @ 2pm Matinee Thursday 4/2 @ 7pm Friday 4/3 @ 8pm Saturday 4/4 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 4/4 @ 8pm Sunday 4/5 @ 2pm Closing Matinee
Fun Home Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron. Music by Jeanine Tesori May 28 - June 7, 2020 Thursday 5/28 @ 7pm Preview Friday 5/29 @ 8pm Opening Saturday 5/30 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 5/30 @ 8pm Sunday 5/31 @ 2pm Matinee Thursday 6/4 @ 7pm Friday 6/5 @ 8pm Saturday 6/6 @ 2pm Matinee Saturday 6/6 @ 8pm Sunday 6/7 @ 2pm Closing Matinee
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